Permit Fee Info

The City of Aspen Engineering Dept has revised the fee schedule as of Jan 1, 2014. Please make note of the new fees in order to better plan for fees associated with any upcoming construction projects. Please see below for additional fee information.

Additionally, the City of Aspen has made changes to policies that will affect the total cost associated with the permits. Specifically, all encroachments will be assessed a landlease fee. This will include pedestrian walkways, staging areas for excavation equipment and other construction vehicles, or other occupation of the City Right of Way.

2014 Engineering Fee for ROW and Encroachments

Permanent Encroachment license application fee

$1050

Right of Way vacation application fee

$5000

Right of Way permit application fee

$443

Temporary Encroachment application fee

$378

Encroachment for restaurant operations & outdoor seating

$2.50/sq ft per month

Temporary Encroachment within the core

$6.53/sq ft per month

Temporary Encroachment outside the core

$4.08/sq ft per month

Encroachment for earth retention systems

$1.32/cu ft per month

Maps, plans & plat copies

$5.00 per sheet

Stormwater Fees (updated July 2011)

The Stormwater System Development Fee of $2.88 per square foot of impervious area has been repealed and is no longer in affect for permits submitted after June 8, 2011.

Projects submitting for building permit after June 8, 2011 should review changes that have been made to Chapters 1 and 5 of the URMP as they will be required to meet revised standards. Additionally the City has adopted a fee-in-lieu of detention option. More information about this fee can be found here.

2011 Engineering Fee Schedule for ROW and Encroachments

Review Type

Disturbed Area

Associated Fee

Basic*

200 - 500 SF

$530

Minor**

501 - 1,000 SF

$1,325

Major

1001+ SF

$1,590 + $2/SF>2,000 SF<15,000 SF

+ $0.10/SF>15,000 SF

*The Basic Review Fee will not be fully implemented at this time, as a result this fee will be discounted by 75%

**The Minor Review Fee will not be fully implemented at this time, as a result this fee will be discounted by 50%

Note: Additional Plan Review required by changes, additions, revisions to plans will be charged a fee of $265/hr (minimum review of 1/2 hr)

2011 Construction Mitigation Fee

Fee

Disturbed Area

Associated Fee*

Minor

400 - 15,000 SF

$1.00 x Gross SF** of project

Major

>15,000 SF

Minor + $.05/SF>15,000 SF

*Fifty percent of the construction mitigation fee will be collected at permit submission and the remaining upon permit issuance.

Incentive: For those sites that do not receive any violations for the entire duration of construction, 10% of the construction mitigation fee will be reimbursed.

**Gross Square Footage(SF) of the project is defined as the floor area inside the outside walls.